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JANUARY 6, 2016

Audi reported that its US sales in 2015 increased 11.1% December 2015 sales increased 6.0% December 2015 represented the best-ever December U.S. 2015 marks the sixth consecutive year of record sales for Audi in the US and the first time the brand has achieved annual sales of more than 200,000 vehicles. to 20,399 vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Honda continued the expansion of its manufacturing operations in North America with the production start of the redesigned 2015 Honda Fit at a new, automobile plant of Honda de Mexico, S.A. The start-up of the Celaya Plant increases Honda’s annual automobile production capacity in North America to approximately 1.92

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MARCH 1, 2019

and ozone deaths, associated mortality rates, and population in G20 economies in 2015. and ozone worldwide in 2010 and ~385,000 in 2015, equivalent to 11.7% million years of life lost and approximately $1 trillion (2015 US$) in health damages globally in 2015. and ozone deaths in 2015, broken out by subsector.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Audi of America officially announced plans today for the arrival in the US of the new A3 family of premium compact cars, with three body styles, five new engines and seven variants including its plug-in hybrid model. The A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Volkswagen Group’s alternative powertrain strategy.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. million investment, are part of the company’s long-term commitment to the US market and a broader strategy to invest more than $7 billion in North America from 2015 through 2019. VWGoA) announced the grand opening of its new $6.8-million million to open a new training center in Eastvale, Calif.,

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MAY 23, 2013

By 2015 it is expected that more than 500 BYD electric buses will be running on the streets and roads of Uruguay. Buquebus is also the largest Tourist Agent in South America, selling more than 300,000 hotel beds and 400,000 city tours per year. The bus can be charged overnight, while the electricity pricing is lower.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2014

Honda unveiled the all-new 2015 Fit at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The 2015 Fit marks the US debut of an all-new direct-injected 1.5-liter A more rigid body, new rear dampers and revised suspension geometry enhance the 2015 Fit’s ride quality and fun-to-drive handling characteristics. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced that the compact battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ) has been rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 126 city, 105 highway, and 116 combined Miles per Gallon of Gasoline Equivalent (MPGe), and given a range of up to 83 miles. 2015 e-Golf. 2015 e-Golf.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

2015 Expedition. Ford unveiled the 2015 Expedition—Ford’s largest utility vehicle—in Dallas ahead of the 2014 DFW Auto Show. The 2015 Ford Expedition will feature the 3.5-liter, The 2015 Ford Expedition will feature the 3.5-liter, Click to enlarge. Compared with the outgoing 5.4-liter liter V8, the 3.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

Johnson Controls, the world’s largest manufacturer of AGM batteries, is investing $245 million between 2016 and 2020 to double AGM production capacity in North America. The number of cars built in North America with start-stop systems will approach 50% in 2020 due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 For the APAC region in 2015, IHS forecasts that China’s economic growth will decelerate further, to 6.5% However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 North America. million, an increase of 2.4%

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Volkswagen of America, Inc. Joining the Golf family, the fully electric 2015 e-Golf is on sale at participating dealerships in select states starting in early November. The Jetta, refreshed for the 2015 model year with a suite of driver assistance features, delivered 13,372 units in October, a 24.7%. over October 2013.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Audi of America announced that base pricing for the 2015 A3 sedan in the US will start at $29,900. It will be joined later in 2014 by the recently announced Audi A3 Cabriolet; A3 TDI clean diesel; the high-performance S3 sedan; and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron gasoline electric plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

By 2025, more than 75% of all new pickup trucks produced in North America will be aluminum-bodied, according to a survey of automakers conducted by global consulting and research firm Ducker Worldwide and commissioned by The Aluminum Association’s Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG). NA aluminum sheet demand for auto body and closure parts.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

2015 forecast share by region. In its latest Global Auto Report , Scotiabank forecasts record global car sales in 2015, with the total market advancing 4% over 2014, reaching more than 74 million units. Global growth will mainly be driven by China, where Scotiabank expects auto demand to grow 7% in 2015 to 19.36 million to 17.0

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MARCH 29, 2016

Volkswagen of America is recalling 5,561 MY 2015-2016 e-Golfs to update the high voltage battery management software. Under certain conditions, oversensitive diagnostics in the high-voltage battery management system may inadvertently classify a brief internal electrical current surge/peak as a critical battery condition.

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JANUARY 6, 2015

Audi and INRIX are introducing INRIX XD Traffic services to Audi vehicles in North America, available in model year 2015 Audi vehicles with Audi connect. INRIX XD Traffic services cover more than 2 million miles of road in North America, including highways, ramps, interchanges, arterials, city and other secondary roads.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Audi of America unveiled a new partnership with AT&T offering US Audi drivers in-vehicle 4G LTE data connection with the introduction of the 2015 A3 family. Chevrolet had also announced at CES that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette, Impala, Malibu, and Volt would come optionally equipped with OnStar 4G LTE, running on AT&T’s network.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

On Monday, the US EPA issued a second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., EPA also issued the NOV to Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America (PCNA). Porsche Cars North America will cooperate fully with all relevant authorities.

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APRIL 9, 2012

globally (compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for hardware, software and services) from 2010 to 2015 while overall spending will reach nearly $46.4 billion worldwide in 2015, according to a new report from IDC Energy Insights. Smart grid spending will increase 17.4%

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AUGUST 18, 2014

To support the rapidly growing automotive market demand, Novelis remains committed as the industry leader in announced capacity investments in North America, Europe and Asia. —Marco Palmieri, Senior Vice President, Novelis and President, Novelis North America.

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MAY 10, 2020

An international team of researchers has used satellite images to map urban growth between 1985 and 2015. Urban area dynamics during 1985–2015 at the global and continent scales. They then extracted cells from the two fusion maps that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2015.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Recently, Volkswagen announced that its charging station subsidiary Electrify America has completed its first round of financing, with Siemens leading the investment and Volkswagen following. The post Siemens invests in Electrify America, the largest public charger in the US appeared first on SETEC POWER.

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JUNE 21, 2013

Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, will begin production of dimethyl ether (DME)-powered MACK Pinnacle Axle Back models in 2015. Volvo Trucks had announced earlier this month that it would commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Hyundai’s next generation of products, starting with the all-new 2015 Genesis, will allow owners to connect with their vehicle using wearable devices. Hyundai plans to launch a Blue Link Glassware application next year with the all-new 2015 Genesis sedan.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Audi of America and AT&T will provide owners of 2015 A3, S3 and Q3 models equipped with Audi connect the option of adding their connected cars to an AT&T Mobile Share Value data plan, starting 1 Oct. with the 2015 Audi A3. Owners of the all-new 2015 Audi Q3 will be able to sign up for the same data plan pricing.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

Innovators at Ford submitted nearly 6,000 new inventions for patent consideration in 2015—an increase of 36% from 2014—with many related to autonomous and connected vehicles, wearable devices, eBikes, navigation, ride-sharing platforms and other technologies. Powertrain technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG accelerated and strengthened as it entered its sixth year in 2015, the companies’ leaders said today in a media update given during the Frankfurt International Motor Show. This year we further deepened the collaboration and announced two completely new projects.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The second of our five nominees for Green Car Reports'' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Honda Fit, the well-regarded subcompact five-door hatchback. It''s the third generation of the car sold in North America, and it''s got a new powertrain, dubbed with Honda''s EarthDreams label, that includes an updated 1.5-liter

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

New Flyer of America Inc, the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, will invest $25 million in major building renovations and expansions at its Anniston, Alabama production campus.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The 2015 Honda Fit subcompact is an entirely new model, and for North America, it''s built in a new plant in Mexico. DON''T MISS: 2015 Honda Fit: Quick Gas Mileage.'

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

liter diesels ( earlier post ), Porsche Cars North America, Inc. The vehicles covered by the new NOV are the diesel versions of the 2014 VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5. In view of the unexpected US EPA notice of violation.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Hybrid electric locomotive sales will have an increasing presence in global rail markets between 2015 and 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. In North America, a high-profile hybrid locomotive product (Railpower’s Green Goat, earlier post ) faced a serious setback in the mid-2000s that still haunts the industry today.

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JUNE 20, 2017

Ford announced a series of global manufacturing actions centered on improving the company’s operational fitness, among them that it would source the next-generation Ford Focus for North America primarily from China, rather than Hermosillo, Mexico. The $900-million investment secures 1,000 jobs for hourly workers at the Louisville plant.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

million vehicles in 2015 to 3.9 between 2015 and 2025. Due to the incremental costs of NGVs, limited fueling infrastructure, reduced utility, and progress on competitive electrification technology, Navigant expects only modest LD NGV demand growth in North America. million in 2025. million, accounting for 2.6% of all LDVs.

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MARCH 30, 2016

SQM) and Lithium Americas Corp. SQM estimated that global demand for lithium chemicals totaled approximately 150,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent in 2015, and the company expects demand growth of approximately 10% in 2016. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Chevrolet offers the 2015 Impala full-size sedan as an all-new bi-fuel model—the only manufacturer-produced full-size sedan in North America that can run on both compressed natural gas (CNG) and gasoline. V–6, with specific valves and hardened valve seats for improved wear resistance and durability with the CNG fuel system.

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